# It's time for June mini rants. Be the second... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953 "2011-06-01T13:37:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/261 "2011-06-19T02:10:00Z")
Hey, foursome of bad golfers. There’s no same in being bad, there is shame in being slow. There’s two holes open in front of you are open, and I’m a single playing behind you. I caught up to you on the tee because each one of you are taking six practice swings – that takes a lot of time, you know. And I asked to play through. I didn’t question the legitimacy of your birth, nor did I ask why you didn’t wave me up on any of the prior three holes. Even if you can’t be pro-actively courteous, don’t get all flustered, confused, and snippy when I ask to play through. Do you really expect a single golfer to be waiting on your foursome and your six hour round for the whole fucking day? ETA: I should clarify that I’m talking to you three, Joe, John, and John. I got no problem with your fourth. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/262 "2011-06-19T02:34:28Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > In a strange Dope in the real world crossover today I got yelled at for the parking spot I chose. It wasn’t the handicapped spot, not was it the prego and small kids spot but the first “normal” parking spot. The lot was pretty full and as I drove in someone was leaving so I parked in that spot. > > A very angry older woman berated me for parking there since I was “young and healthy and could walk further”\* > > I couldn’t help myself. I snickered and told here that there were some people she just had to meet. She was still yelling as I walked away. > > - In hindsight I am thrilled with this description. I really don’t think she was much older than 50 and I’m 43. I’d have trouble doing anything other than laughing at her, too; if you luck into a good regular parking spot, you take it. It makes up for all the other times you got shitty spots. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/263 "2011-06-19T18:44:06Z")
Well, you will all be relieved to learn that I have found a white shoe. [Shoe.](http://www.localeshoes.com/ca-eng/women/sandals/wedges/84068378-gouzy/70) We now return you to your regularly scheduled mini-rants. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/264 "2011-06-19T23:13:56Z")
Great! Now you need gloves and a fan. In case the Queen invites you to play croquet. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/265 "2011-06-19T23:19:22Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Great! Now you need gloves and a fan. In case the Queen invites you to play croquet. The last time I met the queen a fan was optional. A hat, on the other hand, was absolutely required. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/266 "2011-06-20T01:17:17Z")
Yet another tax rise. This one is a “temporary” flood levy to pay for the damage in Queensland after the cyclones and floods earlier this year. Oh, and don’t forget the carbon tax that’s coming in soon. Hi electricity bill, you’re going through the roof! Not that charging me more money is going to do fuck all to stop the primary producers from pumping out as much carbon as they ever have. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/267 "2011-06-20T03:23:07Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Well, you will all be relieved to learn that I have found a white shoe… Aren’t you going to need two of them, though? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/268 "2011-06-20T15:45:52Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > \ > > Oh, and don’t forget the carbon tax that’s coming in soon. Hi electricity bill, you’re going through the roof! Not that charging me more money is going to do fuck all to stop the primary producers from pumping out as much carbon as they ever have. That’s the part where I get stuck, too. I got another peremptory email from the Freecycle Admins today. I’m tired of these clowns - I have good stuff to get rid of, but I’m probably going to take it to the dump or just put it in the back alley because I don’t want to deal with their petty tyrant idiocy. It’s just free crap, guys; lighten the hell up. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/269 "2011-06-20T17:10:26Z")
Goddamn it - I’m trying to look at help wanted ads. I don’t need to keep seeing pictures of abused animals, WSPCA. Take your ads and shove them up your ass; I’m not going to donate to you, but I did close that website and send an email to the hosts telling them why. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/270 "2011-06-20T22:01:59Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Well, you will all be relieved to learn that I have found a white shoe. Classic, yet stylish. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I got another peremptory email from the Freecycle Admins today. I’m tired of these clowns - I have good stuff to get rid of, but I’m probably going to take it to the dump or just put it in the back alley because I don’t want to deal with their petty tyrant idiocy. Seriously, I have never heard anything good about Freecycle. The stories I hear all sound like parodies, that’s how terrible they are. Poe’s Law strikes again. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/271 "2011-06-21T16:25:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I got another peremptory email from the Freecycle Admins today. I’m tired of these clowns - I have good stuff to get rid of, but I’m probably going to take it to the dump or just put it in the back alley because I don’t want to deal with their petty tyrant idiocy. It’s just free crap, guys; lighten the hell up. Just list it on craigslist if Freecycle is being shitty. Rant for the day/week: Tell me again, supervisors/managers, why I had to take that Hazmat class last week? I mean, yay, look at me I have my 40-hour OSHA Health and Safety Training for Hazardous Waste Operations, Emergency Response 29 CFR 1910.120…but what purpose does that serve? I don’t deal with hazardous waste, and certainly won’t be involved an any kind of emergency reponse to a spill/leak/whatever. Just a waste of your money, and my time, and now I’m a week behind in the testing and repairs I have to do, and will et more behind as next week you’ve got me commited to other things, as well as 3/4 of the weeks in July. And just today our supervisor mentioned we are only at 51% of the testing for the month of June…I wonder why? Edit: Minor, unlrealted rant: I hate it when people have their Outlook/other emai client set up to demand a “read recepit”. It’s just plain annoying for me, and I can’t imagine they _like_ getting dozens of messages each day saying “so and so opened up your email!” If you want to be sure someone got your email, just make that one particular email have a read-receipt, not every stinking useless one. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/272 "2011-06-21T17:49:27Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Edit: Minor, unlrealted rant: I hate it when people have their Outlook/other emai client set up to demand a “read recepit”. It’s just plain annoying for me, and I can’t imagine they _like_ getting dozens of messages each day saying “so and so opened up your email!” If you want to be sure someone got your email, just make that one particular email have a read-receipt, not every stinking useless one. I do it so people don’t claim that they didn’t get an e-mail I sent them. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/273 "2011-06-21T17:57:28Z")
Not if your neighbours kill you. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/274 "2011-06-21T18:29:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Not if your neighbours kill you. Motorcycles? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/275 "2011-06-21T19:04:02Z")
I pit myself for letting the lingerie sales gal bully me into buying this fucking bra. It is easily a band size too small. (“This is really tight.” “No! Look, see? I can get my finger in the band!” “But I can’t breathe and it hurts.” “No, it fits!”) Stupid, stupid me. Halfway through the day sitting here at my desk and I can’t take it anymore. Bra is now in my bag and praise Jesus I’m pretty much alone today as I am now braless. Plus I get to make a second trip to the store to exchange these damn things. Yay. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/276 "2011-06-21T19:06:00Z")
Also, why is the Diet Coke at my office so fucking _sweet_? Undrinkable. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/277 "2011-06-21T22:03:12Z")
Years ago, Southworth made a set of stationery with round corners. Nothing really fancy, just 28lb paper, snow white, with gently rounded corners. I love 'em. I particularly like using them for resumes, because it sets mine apart subtly. Southworth doesn’t make this paper anymore. NO ONE makes paper like it, as far as I can tell. I’ve been googling on and off looking for it for 2 or 3 years now. I want them to make this paper again, damnit, because after 2 years of looking for a job, I’m running out of my stock. Southworth, damnit, start making this paper again! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/278 "2011-06-21T22:58:21Z")
They were accused of cutting corners, so they stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/279 "2011-06-21T23:00:31Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Seriously, I have never heard anything good about Freecycle. The stories I hear all sound like parodies, that’s how terrible they are. Poe’s Law strikes again. That’s so weird. I’ve had mostly good luck with both getting and giving stuff on Freecycle. I’ve only had a couple of people no-show for stuff, and the stuff people have taken has been what I thought was useless, but those vultures will take ANYTHING. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-june-mini-rants-be-the-second/583953/280 "2011-06-22T00:07:04Z")
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